Croquis de cloître (II)

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



A pleine voix - midi s'exaltant au dehors
Et les champs reposant - les nones sont chantées,
Dans un balancement de phrases répétées
Et hantantes, comme un rappel de grands remords.

Et peu à peu les chants prennent de tels essors,
Les antiennes sont sur de tels vols portées
A travers l'ouragan des notes exaltées,
Que tremblent les vitraux, au fond des corridors.

Le jour tombe en draps clairs et blancs par les fenêtres ;
On dirait voir pendus de grands manteaux de prêtres
A des clous de soleil. Mais soudain, lentement,

Les moines dans le choeur taisent leurs mélodies
Et, pendant le repos entre deux psalmodies,
Il vient de la campagne un lointain meuglement.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA AAAA AAB AAB
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 677
Words 116
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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